Susanna and the Elders, painted by Artemisia Gentileschi when she was 17 in 1610. Artemisia was trained in her father's workshop, where she was raped by her painting teacher. In this painting, Susanna is shown as repulsed by the lecherous attentions of the elders, while male artists depicted her as coyly flirting with them. Artemisia's one of the artists featured in Amanda Vickery's TV series, The Story of Women and Art, from 16th May 2014.
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